ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y.— St. Bonaventure University senior student-athletes Nicole Markert and Kevin Okapal were among those recognized as Ideal Bonaventure Students on Saturday, May 14, at the university’s Honors Ceremony and again Sunday during St. Bonaventure’s 151st Commencement Exercises.

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure University Athletics Department held its annual Senior Honors and Awards luncheon Thursday, recognizing student-athletes for their outstanding accomplishments in competition and in the classroom.

Just 39 seconds into the first overtime period, Dayton’s Alexis Garcia knocked in a rebound from close range on an initial shot on goal by Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year Colleen Williams in leading the Flyers to a 1-0 victory over St. Bonaventure in the second semifinal of the 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Women’s Soccer Championship at the URI Soccer Complex.

Nicole Markert recorded her sixth shutout of the season while Tori Burchett and Anna Cunningham each scored a goal to lift the fourth-seeded Bonnies (12-8) over fifth-seeded Massachusetts (8-11) on Thursday in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Championship.

After earning the No. 4 seed and the program’s third consecutive Atlantic 10 Championship appearance, the women’s soccer team (11-8-0, 5-4-0 Atlantic 10) heads to Kingston, R.I. to take on fifth-seeded Massachusetts in the opening round at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN Academic All-America Committee have tabbed Anna Cunningham of the St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team for Academic All-District Second Team honors.

The Atlantic 10 Conference announced on Monday, Nov. 1, the six-team field for the Women’s Soccer Championship to be held at the University of Rhode Island, Nov. 4, 5 and 7. Charlotte and Dayton finished atop the league standings with 24 points to be named A-10 regular season co-champs.

St. Bonaventure’s Chelsea Smetzer tallied her second goal of the season to knot the score at one but Richmond’s Becca Wann answered with the game-winner nine minutes into the second half to defeat the Bonnies 2-1 Sunday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

St. Bonaventure junior Tori Burchett scored two goals for the first multi-point game of her career and senior Nicole Markert picked up her fifth shutout of the season in the Bonnies’ 2-0 win over host George Washington Friday afternoon.

On the heels of a 2-1 upset over previously-ranked Dayton, the St. Bonaventure University women’s soccer team is now ranked eighth in the latest NSCAA/HendrickCars.com Mid-Atlantic Regional poll. The Bonnies also moved up to 109 in the Rating Percentage Index (RPI).

St. Bonaventures Anna Cunningham was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Womens Soccer Player of the Week, while Taylor Broderick and Massachusetts Brittany Moore share Co-Rookie of the Week honors as announced by the league office on Monday.

Hannah Lapp converted a penalty kick to tie the game, Anna Cunningham headed in the game-winner from 12 yards out, and upset-minded St. Bonaventure snapped Dayton's 12-game win streak with a 2-1 victory Sunday at McGraw-Jennings Field on senior day.

Sarah Clark curved in a corner kick, Alyssa Lapp put home Courtney Bosses rebound and St. Bonaventure (9-7-0, 3-3 Atlantic 10) posted its fourth shutout of the season in a 2-0 win over Xavier (7-9-0, 2-4) Friday at McGraw-Jennings Field.

St. Bonaventures Tori Burchett tied the game in the 59th minute, but La Salles Anna Dolhansky notched the double-overtime game-winner, her second tally of the game, in the 101st to lift the Explorers to a 2-1 win over the Bonnies at a windy McGraw-Jennings Field on Friday.